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Former U.S. Export-Import Bank Chair and President Fred Hochberg talked about his book, Trade is Not a Four Letter Word. He spoke via video link from New York City.

In commemoration of the 19th Amendment’s centennial, Smithsonian National Museum of American History director Anthea Hartig took questions about the long campaign to win women the vote, the struggle…

Jeremy Butler, Navy veteran and CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, talked about issues facing veterans of those wars. He spoke via video link from New York City.

Former U.S. Marine Corps historian and archivist Michael Miller discussed Harry Truman’s views of the U.S. Marine Corps, which he argued were first formed during his service as an Army…

Military historian Andrew Wiest talked about the U.S. Marines who fought at the Battle of Guadalcanal between August 1942 and February 1943. Mr. Wiest is co-author of “The Pacific War: From Pearl…

Viewers commented on the role of voters of color in campaign 2020.

Woody Williams was interviewed about his life and military service. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service with the 3rd Marine Division in the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima. The…

Filmed by the U.S. Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard and edited by Warner Brothers studios, this U.S. Office of War Information documentary tells the story of the brutal 36-day battle for the…

Seventy-five years ago, in early 1945, the U.S. Marines invaded the Pacific island of Iwo Jima and fought Japanese forces in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. The National Museum of…

Commissioned by the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, this 2010 documentary includes survivors of the 1918 flu telling their stories, a history of the pandemic, and a look at the…

CIA chief historian David Robarge talked about the evolving nature of the relationship between presidents and their CIA directors, and how it is influenced by the president’s needs and…

This 1952 Universal Newsreel includes four stories: Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tennessee) announces his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination, Rep. Peter Mack (D-Illinois) lands…

Professor Erica Armstrong Dunbar talked about her book Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge, in which she recounts the life of Ona Judge, a…

Historian Doug Bradburn joined us from Mount Vernon’s Museum and Education Center to talk about George Washington’s vision for the presidency, and the library, home and museum located in Northern…

Matthew Costello talked about his new book, The Property of the Nation: George Washington’s Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President. He discussed the ways that Americans…

George Mason University professor F.H. Buckley examined the possibility of states exiting the Union.

Inspired by Mount Rushmore, sculptor David Adickes created 42 giant busts of American presidents for a Williamsburg, Virginia “Presidents Park” that opened in 2004. After the park closed in…

Living history enthusiasts gathered to row across the Delaware River at the spot where George Washington and the Continental Army crossed from Pennsylvania to New Jersey on December 25, 1776.…

A film documenting George Washington’s life, family, education and military career. It also covers Washington’s appointment as commander of continental army, his success in the…

The Panhandle-Plains Museum’s “Cattle, Cowboys & Culture: Kansas City and Amarillo, Building an Urban West” exhibit showcases the shared heritage between Amarillo, Texas and Kansas City. Amy Von Lintel,…